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Character Creation

March 23, 2009 //  by Etta Wilson//  8 Comments

Blogger: Etta Wilson

Location: Books & Such office, Nashville

Weather: Low 60s and spring buds high and low

Some recent reading has caused me to think a lot about the role of character in our writing. The time-honored rule in …

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Age and Page 1

February 27, 2009 //  by Etta Wilson//  Leave a Comment

Blogger: Etta Wilson

Location: Books & Such Office, Nashville

Weather: 61 and rainy

This business of standards of decency for children’s books is one that keeps me thinking. I understand the difficulty of making rules for what words and scenes …

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Reality Check

February 26, 2009 //  by Etta Wilson//  Leave a Comment

Blogger: Etta Wilson

Location: Books & Such Office, Nashville

Weather: 58 and dreary–just like Santa Rosa

I’m down to the nitty gritty–how do I, as an agent representing authors who write for children and tweens, evaluate manuscripts in the current …

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Personal Book Selection

February 24, 2009 //  by Etta Wilson//  Leave a Comment

Blogger: Etta Wilson

Location: Flying cross country

Weather: Breezy

We may be fairly agreed on what constitutes appropriate reading for children of various age levels, but the whole business of what we adults find offensive is another matter. It probably …

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Who's to Choose?

February 23, 2009 //  by Etta Wilson//  12 Comments

Blogger: Etta Wilson

Location: Colorado Springs

Weather: Hot and cold–we’re in Colorado

I am incensed by an article in School Library Journal in early February entitled “A Dirty Little Secret.” The author Debra Whelan is trying to make the case …

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Rest Is Reading–Or Vice Versa

January 30, 2009 //  by Etta Wilson//  10 Comments

Blogger: Etta Wilson

Location: Kensington, Maryland

Weather: Freezing day and night

I’ve pursued the question of “What is rest” as I’ve traveled from Tennessee to Virginia to Maryland, and my observations are as wide-ranging as the miles I’ve covered. I …

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Rest–Back to Childhood

January 29, 2009 //  by Etta Wilson//  6 Comments

Blogger:Etta Wilson

Location: Richmond, Virginia

Weather: 45 and sunny

I’m back at the seminary where my husband and I started our marriage. Serendipitously, we were given a room in the same building where we lived the first two years in …

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A "Restful" Quiz

January 27, 2009 //  by Etta Wilson//  10 Comments

Blogger: Etta Wilson

Location: Books & Such office, Nashville

Weather: Finally up from freezing

My new Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary lists one definition for the noun “rest” as “freedom from activity or labor.” That’s what I had in mind at the …

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Dividing Time Between Work and Rest

January 26, 2009 //  by Etta Wilson//  6 Comments

Blogger: Etta Wilson

Location: Books & Such Nashville office

Weather: 35 degrees, sunny

The other day I heard a commentary with a biblical perspective on time and our use of it. In Genesis 1 we hear over and over in …

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